Dress Archie's Great Rap Verses (Song #8: Eminem- Drug Ballad)

You probably haven't listened to Eminem in a while. Maybe it's because he hasn't come out with anything for a few years. Or, maybe you've fallen in to the mainstream trap of thinking he's all shock-value. Or, perhaps it's because you associate him with middle school and realize that you were in to "(Everybody) Backstreet's Back" at the same time, and completely mistrust your past taste in music. It could even be that you're too embarassed to be a white dude bumping the Marshall Mathers LP, and are afraid of what people will think of you (I fall in to all four categories). Well, fuck all that.
Don't get me wrong, Eminem gets plenty of respect from Hip-Hop "afficionados", but his hiatus from the industry over the past few years has caused his name to fall almost in to obscurity. But I encourage you all to revisit your prepubescent years and see how great Eminem really is, and realize how much you can actually get out of his music now, other than being the only kid with the hella-chill mom who lets him buy "Parental Advisory" CDs.
Eminem has other songs and verses that are more widely heralded than those on "Drug Ballad" like "Stan", "The Real Slim Shady", and his ridiculous shit on "Renegade", but I thought I'd use this particular song as an example of Eminem's versatility.

Just check the first verse (below is just a sample):
And by the, sixth gin you're gonna probably crawl
And you'll be, sick then and you'll probably barf
And my pre-diction is you're gonna probably fall
Either somewhere in the lobby or the hallway wall
And everything's spinning
You're beginin' to think women are swimming in pink linen again in the sink
Then in a couple of minutes that bottle of Guinness is finished,
You are now allowed to officially slap bitches

I'm no lyrical technician or whatever, but I count something like 4 or 5 different flows in that single verse, not to mention the smoothness of his delivery, rhyme scheme, and content. I like this track a lot, mainly because (like Dre Dog's "Situation Critical") it's a piece on how the rapper is fucking up his own life, and because it lacks all of Eminem's typical "faggot" lines and stuff about him killing his wife.
My only gripe about Eminem is the sound of his voice (which I don't mind but it could be better), but other than that this guy is a fucking genius on the mic.

Out like Duke in Round 1. Go Belmont!